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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - November 6, 2004

By Hawaiian Volcano Observatory November 6, 2004

PKK flow makes it to the coast

This is a photo of lava in PKK flow falling down old sea cliff inboard of old Lae`apuki delta, flowing across the old delta.
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Lava in PKK flow falls down old sea cliff inboard of old Lae`apuki delta, flows across the old delta, and plunges into water. Height of cliff, about 12 m. Sun is just peeking over horizon, wanting to see the fabulous sight. This activity started in past 12 hours.
This is a photo of lava falls and streams on surface of old delta.
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Closer view of lava falls and streams on surface of old delta. Steam rises from places where lava drops off old delta and starts to form new delta.

 

This is a photo of new delta and lava streams on old delta.
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Looking west, across new delta and lava streams on old delta. Steams are those farthest from camera in right image above. Lava entering water generates steam. New delta juts out from front of old delta.
This is a photo of a new delta, still tiny but growing.
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Closer view of new delta, still tiny but growing. Nearer camera, small streams of lava fall from front of old delta but have not yet build a new delta.

 

This is a photo of a new delta.
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Still closer view of new delta. Height of new delta, about 4 m. Note large drip of falling lava.
This is a photo of a lava flow on surface of old delta before it drops down onto new delta.
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Looking down at flow on surface of old delta before it drops down onto new delta.

 

This is a photo of Pahoehoe along east edge of active flow at brink of old sea cliff inboard of old delta.
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Pahoehoe along east edge of active flow at brink of old sea cliff inboard of old delta. Lava emerges from under crust and plunges over cliff. Note debris on surface of toes, picked up from underlying ground surface.
This is a photo of two parallel streams coursing across old delta.
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Two parallel streams course across old delta. Near right edge are small cascades shown in left image.

 

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